Birdee Sculptures p.68 Mar/April 2012 “Cloth Paper Scissors”
Prim Bird Ornaments p.28 Mar/April 2012 “Create & Decorate”
Playful Penguins p.104 Nov/Dec/Jan 2012 “Art Doll Quarterly”
Art of Licensing
About Me
An artist who aspires to become a children's book illustrator. Stays young at heart and an avid daydreamer. When the weather permits, I enjoy visiting/biking on the nature trail near my house. Visiting the trail has brought me many hours of enjoyment and relaxation. My camera is usually by my side while on the trail. I like to try to find the small and unnoticeable as subjects for my photos. And of course flowers and plant life encompass many of my subjects.I take pride in creating items with quality craftsmanship. I earned my BFA degree at UWO with an emphasis in drawing and sculpture. While attending school, I discovered my love of watercolors and sculpting with Apoxie Sculpt. This is when and where Lilly the Ladybug took shape and blossomed into a variety of subjects for my work. Both Lilly and I hope you enjoy the work of Lilly Bug Studio and discover, "the wonder of new things."
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Sailboat Saga ~ Paint Girl & Telescope Boy
Today I thought I’d show you how I made my paint girl and telescope boy sculptures for my sailboat project. The photos above feature some work-in-progress stages of creating the paint girl. I used scraps of styrofoam material to form … Continue reading
Sailboat Saga ~ So many children, so little space
Lately I’ve had a highly populated workspace with my assorted “work-in-progress” sculptures for my sailboat project. As I’ve been working on my pieces, I have tried to regularly take pics of my pieces. In order to give you a glimpse … Continue reading
Sailboat Saga ~ Star Catching Boy
Here is an inside look at how I’m creating my “Star Catching” boy sculpture. The first photo shows the beginning phase of my sculpture standing on his own account. I had no idea it would balance on its own standing … Continue reading
Sailboat Saga ~ Stars and Paint
All aboard! Take flight with me on this journey into a land of stars and clouds. The moment has finally arrived……it’s time to give you a peek into how I’m painting my sailboat piece. Hold on tight……we will be flying … Continue reading
Sailboat Saga – Creating the hair
Right now I’m keeping on “keepin’ on”, step by step, little by little getting all of my sculptures done for my flying sailboat. Today I’m going to show you how I created the hair for my sailor girl sculpture. Currently, … Continue reading
Sailboat Saga – Creating the Hands
Everyone, give this boy on the sailboat a hand….or maybe two! As you can see he currently has no hands. Which ultimately means that he needs some hands! That is why I am doing this blog post. I will show … Continue reading
Sailboat Saga – Sun & Moon
Last week I started to work on the sun and the moon sculptures for my sailboat piece. First I cut out some styrofoam into circles. For the sun piece I worked on cutting out cardboard triangles to attach to the … Continue reading
Sailboat Saga – Propeller Update!
Last time I gave you an update, there were the “many” faces of the children sculptures for the sailboat. Before that I showed you “work-in-progress” photos of the propeller for the boat. And today, I have an update on the … Continue reading
Some cute bunny slippers
Hippity-hop, hippity-hop . . . some bunny slippers hopped into my blog! Last year I made 8 pairs of bunny slipper magnets for a custom order (a very welcome and fun order!). This year I did a custom order for … Continue reading
Sailboat Saga – Children Sculptures (work in progress)
The last update on my sailboat sculpture was about making the propeller to make the sailboat “fly”. This time I am going to share with you, my “work-in-progress” photos of the sculptures for the children who will be voyaging on … Continue reading
